• November 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Which Law Firms Made the List and Which Are Off?

    Continued consolidation and megafirm growth made room for a host of regional powers on this year's NLJ 250, our list of the nation's largest law firms. At the same time, a number of fa

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  • June 5, 2009 | Daily Report Online

    Terror case asks where line is drawn on conspiracy

    The trial of former Georgia Tech student Syed Haris Ahmed on a charge of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists crystallizes a law enforcement philosophy adopted by the U.S. gov

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  • November 1, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . The following have been named partners in Baker Botts: Christopher J. Arntzen, corporate, Houston; Michael B. Bennett, litigation, Houston; Mark L. Farley, environm

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  • October 24, 2005 | The Recorder

    On the Move

    SAN FRANCISCOCharlotte Ito, of counsel at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, has been appointed to the State Bar of California's Trust and Estates Section Executive Comm

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  • December 17, 2002 | National Law Journal

    Forgive Us Our Debts

    If the archdiocese of Boston follows through on its rumored plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, some of the toughest decisions and most decisive battles will likely be fought ov

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  • December 16, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Bankruptcy Rates Top $1,000 Mark in 2008-09

    A review of bankruptcy rates in Delaware and the Southern District of New York shows that a handful of U.S.-based partners at

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  • October 30, 2003 | Daily Business Review

    Lawyers vs. Castro

    The Cuban-American Bar Association plans to send financial aid to the family of imprisoned Cuban dissident Oscar Elias Biscet and possibly other political prisoners jailed since a crackdown ag

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  • June 26, 2013 | Daily Business Review

    Split Supreme Court Sides With Florida Property Owner

    Offsite mitigation requirements have become quid pro quo for property owners who want to develop near environmentally sensitive lands. To get a building permit, they often must give u

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  • May 24, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Joseph G. "Chip" Galagaza has been elected partner in the Houston office of Seyfarth Shaw. He works in the firm's labor and employment practice. . .

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  • July 25, 2005 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Unfinished Edifice Lex

    The Supreme Court's June 23 ruling in Kelo v. City of New London, No. 04-108, was surprising � both for its closeness and for the unanswered questions it left for the future. The decisi

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